Tabs Head from Cut End Bird Hide, Freiston/Fishtoft, near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK - 2024 - Seascape Series Leaving the Land - Signed, limited edition, numbered fine art prints. Photo © Estelle Slegers Helsen | ESH_035630 | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV | ISO 100 | 70 mm | f.11 | 30 sec. On the series The sea is a vast expanse, seemingly empty. This emptiness calms your body and mind. However, the sea is often unpredictable, shifting from exceptionally violent to remarkably tranquil or any temperament in between, it provides a sense of peace as you walk along the shore and breathe in the fresh air. As you gaze into the distance, the sea frees your mind of thoughts. In Leaving the Land, photographer Estelle Slegers Helsen takes you on a journey along the coast and captures what your eyes see as they move from land out to sea. Her photographs evoke the liminal place where land and sea meet. The square format constrains the wide-angle view and triggers your imagination. Through long-exposure photography, she creates a soothing depiction of the sea, embodying stillness, serenity and simplicity. The images evoke dreamy scenes filled with abstract geometric patterns that our eyes can’t see and our brains can’t imagine. Moving objects and people become translucent or disappear. Waves and water transform into an ethereal seascape, creating a misty, magical world that contrasts with static elements like piers, lighthouses, groynes, breakwaters, rocks and offshore wind turbines. The visible becomes invisible while your eyes focus on what you can’t see.

Tabs Head, The Wash, near Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Seascape series, Leaving the Land | ISO 100 | 70 mm | f.11 | 30 sec.

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